| title | titleSuffix | description | ms.subservice | ms.topic | ms.assetid | ms.author | author | monikerRange | ms.date |
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Connect to project from browser/supported client |
Azure DevOps |
Learn how to connect a browser or client, like Visual Studio, to a project in Azure DevOps. |
azure-devops-projects |
quickstart |
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sdanie |
steved0x |
<=azure-devops |
11/11/2024 |
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Learn how to connect to a project from a client, to share code, build apps, track work, and collaborate with team members. You can connect to a project from any of the following clients:
- Web portal
- Visual Studio or Team Explorer
- Android Studio with the Azure DevOps Services Plugin for Android Studio
- IntelliJ with the Azure DevOps Services Plugin for IntelliJ
- Visual Studio Code
A project defines a process and data storage in which you manage your software projects from planning to deployment. When you connect to a project, you connect to an organization or project collection. For more information, see About projects and scaling your organization.
| Category | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Project membership | Project member. |
| Remote work | If you work remotely, configure your client to connect to an Azure DevOps Proxy Server. From each client, you can switch context to a different project and connect as a different user. |
| Code base setup | Set up Git or Set up Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC). |
::: moniker range="azure-devops"
- Sign in to your project (
https://dev.azure.com/{Your_Organization}/{Your_Project}). ::: moniker-end
::: moniker range=" < azure-devops"
- Sign in to your project (
http://ServerName/{DefaultCollection}/{Project_Name}). ::: moniker-end
For more information, see Web portal navigation.
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Open your profile menu and select Sign in with a different account.
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Choose Sign in and enter your credentials.
Open the web portal from the home page.
If you haven't already, download and install a version of Visual Studio.
If you're not a member of an Azure DevOps security group, get added to one. Check with a team member. You need the names of the server, project collection, and project to connect to.
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Select the Manage Connections icon in Team Explorer, and then Connect to a Project.
:::image type="content" source="media/team-explorer-connect-to-project-visual-studio-2022.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Connect to projects highlighted for selection.":::
All the projects that you can connect to are displayed, along with the repos in those projects.
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Select Add Azure DevOps Server to connect to a project in Azure DevOps Server. Enter the URL to your server and select Add.
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Select a project from the list and then select Connect.
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Select the Manage Connections icon in Team Explorer, and then choose Connect to a Project.
All the projects that you can connect to are displayed, along with the repos in those projects
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Select Add Azure DevOps Server to connect to a project in Azure DevOps Services. Enter the URL to your server and select Add.
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Select a project from the list and select Connect.
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Select the Manage Connections button in Team Explorer to open the Connect page. Choose the Connect to Team Project link to select a project to connect to.
All the projects that you can connect to are displayed, along with the repos in those projects
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Select Add Server to connect to a project. Enter the URL to your server and select Add.
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Select a project from the list and select Connect.
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Select the Manage Connections button in Team Explorer to open the Connect page. Choose Connect to Team Project to select a different organization or project to connect to.
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Select the projects to work on.
If it's your first time connecting, add Azure DevOps to the list of recognized servers.
If you selected just one project, you see the Home page for that project. The pages differ based on the resources enabled and the source control system selected for your project.
Team Explorer displays the Home page for that project. The pages that appear differ based on the resources enabled and the source control system selected for your project.
Home page with Git Home page with TFVC :::image type="content" source="media/te-home-page-git-repo.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Team Explorer Home page with Git as source control."::: :::image type="content" source="media/te-home-page-tfvc-repo.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Team Explorer Home page w/ TFVC as source control.":::
For more information, see Navigate in Visual Studio Team Explorer.
Your client remembers the set of connections you configure. You can switch from one project to another from the Connect page.
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Select the Manage Connections icon in Team Explorer, and then Connect to a Project.
:::image type="content" source="media/team-explorer-connect-to-project-visual-studio-2022.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing Connect to projects highlighted for selection.":::
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Select a different user or select Add an account to access a project using different credentials.
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Sign in with a Microsoft or GitHub account associated with an Azure DevOps project.
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Select the Manage Connections icon in Team Explorer, and then choose Connect to a Project.
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Select a different user or select Add an account to access a project using different credentials.
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Sign in using an account that is associated with an Azure DevOps project, either a valid Microsoft account or GitHub account.
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From Connect, choose Connect to Team Project to sign in with different credentials.
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Select a different user from the drop-down or select Add an account to access a project using different credentials.
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Sign in using a valid Microsoft account associated with an Azure DevOps project.
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From Connect, choose Connect to Team Project to sign in with different credentials.
The Switch User link appears only when you're actively connected to a project on Azure DevOps.
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Sign in using a valid Microsoft account associated with Azure DevOps.
You can run Visual Studio with credentials different from your current Windows user account. Find devenv.exe under the Program Files (86) folder for your version of Visual Studio.
Select Shift and right-click devenv.exe, then select Run as different user.
To connect to a project, you need your user account added to the project. The Organization owner for Azure DevOps or a member of the Project Administrators group usually adds user accounts. For more information, see Add organization users and manage access or Add or remove users or groups, manage security groups.
::: moniker range="azure-devops" Azure DevOps Services provides access to the first five account users free. After that, you need to pay for more users. ::: moniker-end
You can also provide access to Stakeholders in your organization with limited access to specific features as described in Work as a Stakeholder.
If your remote team uses an Azure DevOps Proxy Server to cache files, you can configure Visual Studio to connect through that proxy server and download files under Team Foundation version control.
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Make sure you're connected to Azure DevOps, as described in the previous section.
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From the Visual Studio Tools menu, select Options, and then select Source Control > Plug-in Selection. Select Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.
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For Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, enter the name and port number for the Azure DevOps Proxy Server. Select Use SSL encryption (https) to connect.
Make sure you specify the port number that your administrator assigned to Azure DevOps Proxy.
To associate a file type with a compare or merge tool, see Associate a file type with a file-comparison tool or Associate a file type with a merge tool.
Some tasks or features aren't available when you connect to a later version of Azure DevOps than your client supports. For more information, see client compatibility.
See Look up your Azure DevOps platform and version.
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